After lunch, dog trainer Steve Mann from the Alpha Dog Training School came to my house to meet me and Snoop.

Steve explained how important puppy training is and showed me clips from the film Marley & Me: The Puppy Years, where the puppies are really naughty and they are given puppy training. Then I got to make a wish list of four things I wanted to train Snoop to do.

I wanted to teach Snoop to spin around, fetch, come when I call him and to look at me when I want him to. We went to Richmond Park, where there is plenty of space to train. Steve gave me treats to use as rewards and a really long lead so Snoop could move freely.

Snoop has a lot of energy and it was tough to calm him down, but, after a couple of hours of hard training, we managed to get Snoop to do all the things on my wish list. I was really proud of him and it was so much fun!

Many thanks for giving us a fun-filled day.

Marley & Me: The Puppy Years is out now courtesy of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Words by Lucy Herring